Neolithic

found in the Neolithic Era through Globeke Tepe, in Phoenicia through the shipwreck of Uluburun, and in Egypt through temples and mummies. Globeke Tepe is a structure that was built in the Neolithic Era. It is made up of a series of circular structures and is covered in complex carvings and features. It has been discovered through excavations that Globeke Tepe dates around 200 years earlier than most of the Neolithic structures (@). This tells historians that the people of the Neolithic Era…

The Stone Age What is the Stone Age? The stone age was named Stone Age because the people in this time period used stone tools. It has two very like and very different time periods. They are called the Neolithic (new), and Paleolithic (old) eras. They have very diverse rituals and ways of life. Things like the way they access food, the homes they live in, the tools people used, and what they spent their time doing. Paleolithic Era The Paleolithic Era--A.K.A. Old Stone Age--was the first…

Why was Stonehenge Built? Stonehenge’s controversial purpose developed numerous theories, however, archaeologists/historians hypothesise the structure was to replicate an ‘astronomical observatory’, signifying astronomy. But how have they analysed the evidence to justify Stonehenge's purpose being of astronomical significance? Stonehenge, located in Salisbury, UK, is a prehistoric monument, consisting of mysterious megaliths and several unusual artefacts surrounding it, making it of uncertainty…

developed with the help of agriculture, without agriculture civilizations would not have strived and the human race would not be where it is today. Due to agriculture revolution in 10,000 BC, civilizations began in the Neolithic Period. The Neolithic Period was the era where the…

The Paleolithic, Neolithic, and Classical Ages affected human history both politically and socially with the invention of agriculture. Politically, the Paleolithic Age comprised of small bands of Nomadic people. Throughout 8000 BCE and 600 CE, the Nomadic people began to taper in size, but never disappeared. In the Neolithic and Classical Ages, Nomadic people continued to live as their ancestors had in the Paleolithic Age. The major change happened in the Neolithic Age when agriculture emerged.…

for material progress, and enabled the spread of knowledge. First people began to used primitive stones tools in 400,000 B.C.E. Then from 400,000 to 11,000 B.C.E., the Paleolithic period, people survived as nomads. From 11,000 to 4000 B.C.E., the Neolithic period, the nomads began to settle. The Paleolithic period, also called the Old Stone Age, consisted of the use of basic chipped stone. This was the first crucial step that would lead to domestication and cultivation.…

together. On page 3 it states "following the end of the Ice Age, however, communities in some parts of the world began to domesticate plants and animals; hunters and gathers gradually became farmers and producers." During the Mesolithic and Neolithic era they discovered metals, fire, wool, and leather. As they discovered these highly valuable by-products and transitioned into the agricultural-herding phase, society developed into a sedentary lifestyle. During the Bronze Age just after…

hides of animals the men had killed [Gifford-Gonzalez 247]. Women were seen as equal to men. They had the freedom to choose their partners, and to divorce them [Strayer 21]. They also so could freely engage in sex without being shamed for it. The Neolithic world was agricultural. People used farming to create a stable source of food. They needed people to take up the role of farming in order to grow the food. Women were the ones who took those roles. Women were seen a mostly equal to men similar…

dogs, cats , birds , tortoises , and crabs. The tools we used for hunting, cooking, weapons, etc. were stone, bone, wood, bola/slimgeht, tool bags, and baslute – pots. We made all these things by hand. (We spent a lot of time) Back in the Neolithic Age, New Stone Age 8000 B.C.E – 3000 B.C.E, we began with the invention…

Otzi was discovered in 1991, and became very famous since he was buried in the Neolithic era, causing many scientists to study his lifestyle and characteristics. Otzi was a 5’5” tall man who was probably in his mid-forties when he died, and was found many thousands of years after his death, preserved in the mountainous area where he…